The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 32, Ed. 1, Friday, January 29, 1999 Page: 2 of 8
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Students plan mission trips to Brazil
Taml Freeman
Student Reporter
For Cory Pcclnovsky May 17
may be overwhelming; he will
finally arrive in Brazil. .
For months Pcclnovsky freshman
biochemistry major from Cresco
lowai and six other students liavc
been preparing for two separate mis-
sion trips to Lausanne Switzerland
and Dclo tlorizantc Brazil with the
Lets Start Talking program.
"I will be stepping into a society
that is completely foreign" Pccl-
novsky said. "I don't know the lan-
guage won't be able to read any
signs or understand what anyone is
saying."
Two teams of students will leav-
ing on May 17 for six weclts to
teach people to read in English and
to get the local peoplc"acqUalntcd
with? the missionaries and the
church In the area.
Pcclnovsky said he is not scared
about g6lng to Brazil he Just wants
to teach people to read and to
know more about God.
"I'm not looking to baptize peo-
ple left and right but 1 want to
share what I believe and let God do
the rest" Peclnovsky said.
Super Bowl
Super Bowl from page 1
Sallee said the half-time shows
are usually a disappointment but
he made some recommendations
for some performers he would like
to see in the future.
"'1 Just Called To Say I Love You'
is cool and all" he said "but some-
one like Mctallica or Mcgadcth
would be great."
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While Pcclnovsky is in Brazil
Jennifer Day Junior youth and
family ministry major from Hous-
ton will be in Lausanne Switzer-
land doing the same program with
Frencfi-spcaking people
"My goal is to read with French-
speaking people in Switzerland and
in the process plant seeds for the
future" Day said. She said she is
excited about the trip because she
will b$ teaching people about Christ.
Both Pcclnovsky and Day said
they do not anticipate any major
problems and are excited about the
group of people they will be travel-
ing with. Students traveling to
Brazil with Pcclnovsky arc Malissa
Endslcy graduate student in elec-
tronic media from Abilene and
Amy Zortman senior English
major from Rifle Colo
Students going to Switzerland
with Day arc Chris Dolan graduate
student in secondary education
from Abilene; Kim Green senior
English major from Billings
Mont; and Evcttc Mock senior
Spanish major from Abilene.
The leader of these groups Is Dr.
Charles Stcldlng mlssionary-in-rcsl-dencc.
Stelding coordinates training
sessions once a week to teach the
inspires gatherings rivalries eating
tainment aspects of the Super
Bowl the game itself could almost
get overlooked. Atlanta arrived last
week in Miami as the underdogs to
veteran quarterback John Elway's
Broncos and Raphclt said he
knows why. Primarily Denver has
more experienced players and the
Falcons arc making their first ever
Super Bowl appearance.
No matter what the match-ups
Raphclt said he is hoping for an
exciting game.
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IN flight: During gymnastic class Marcus Davis sophomore political science major from
Fort Worth performs on the hand bars In the Gibson Health and P.E. Center.
Class focuses on deviant behavior
Canlshka Stuart
Page Editor
It was a startling moment. David
Gotchcr assistant professor of
sociology had just seen his profes-
sor jump out a window dn the first
floor.
The professor then ran around
the building and walked back into
the classroom.
Gotchcr recalls this scene from a
graduate class he took In medical
sociology and be uses this anec-
dote to help his students remem-
ber deviant behavior.
"Social deviance is any behavior
that violates expected behavioral
patterns and arc not necessarily
criminal or immoral and does not
always carry with it the context of
right or wrong" Gotchcr said.
Gotchers Social Deviance class
which has been offered at ACU
since 1978 studies behaviors simi-
lar to his professor's.
The class looks at definitions of
Dates to Know-
Global campaffn skjn-ups ending
Students Interested In colnc on a clotul
mission campaign can sign up Triday from
10 a.m -1pm A uble will be Kt in the
Campus Center for sign-up) Inforjiutlnn
will be given about the three medlcalmls-
slon campaigns to San Pedro Sula Hon-
duras and Central America Anyone Inter-
ested should sign up in the Campus Center
or contact Jack Walker mlsslonary-ln-resl-dencc.atExt.
3761.
WerM Wide Youth Camps needs
volunteers for summer
World Wide Youth Camps needs volun-
teers for this summer to wprk with chil-
dren in camps throughout the world.
Applications are still being accepted until
Monday Interested students should con-
tact Andrew Kelly at amtrov&wwyc org
for more information
Baflrttr for GEE preparation date
Students wanting to prepare for the Grad-
uate Record Cxam can register for a prepa-
ration thus offered by Professional Contln-
students meal preparation working
with limited budgets fund raising
and other travel techniques.
Stcldlng also coordinated a trip
to Tulsa Okla. for an Intensive
training session with teains from
the central United States. Stelding
will travel with the team to
Switzerland and will also supervise
other teams overseas.
In preparation for the teams the
churches and missionaries in these
cities arc advertising the reading
program Let's Start Talking) said
' Stcldlng. The local people wilt sign
up for the program and meet with
the team upon arrival to the elites.
Each participant in the reading
program wilt have" a onc-on-onc
session with a team member.
Stelding said he hopes this way
of teaching wilt be more effective
in getting the local people involved
in the church.
hWc don't Just go up to people
and ask if they would like to be
Christians because that is too
bold" Stcldlng said. "The idea is to
make friends and introduce them
to Jesus througli helping them to
learn English and using the Bible
as our textbook."
The teams do not want to push
"If it could top last years game"
he said "It would probably be one
of the best in the record books."
Even if the game fails to be a
thriller Campbell said he under-
stands why the game is always so
popular.
"You've got two rivals going
head to head" he said. "Only one
survives and they're the champi-
ons." Some aspects of the game are
not as popular as others. For in
deviance; how definitions of
deviance vary and change; how
deviance varies front society to
society; how deviance varies with-
in a society; how deviance varies
within time; the function of
deviant behavior in society; and a
variety of theoretical explanations
for deviant behavior.
During the class the 27 stu-
dents will summarize and critique
articles on deviant behavior. Out-
side the social deviance class the
students have observation journals
to record and identify deviant
behavior they have observed and
how they are sanctioned on the
spot Gotchcr said
"Deviance violates what you
expect or what people expect; it
sometimes has a moral context."
For the observation journals
Students arc required to put them-
selves in various situations: malls
grocery stores or theaters he said.
The class meets every Monday
Wednesday and Friday at 10 a.m.
uing Education. The six-week course pre-
pares students for the CRE general test
through instruction and practice. Students
can learn essential test-taking strategies for
all sections of the CRE A cost of $1 13 plus
Darrons textbook Uow to Prrpart for the
CRE available In the Campus Store are
required for this course. Class dates are Feb.
1 S. March 1 B. 22 29 and April 1 3 In Room
136 of the Administration Dulldjng. Call
Danielle Wolfe at Exu 2979 Id register or for
more Information.
Shimmy Revtew deadline for
submissions Is Feb. 5
The Shlnntry Review Is accepting submis-
sions for Its 1999 edition until Teb. 3. Stu-
dents need to come by Chambers Hall
Room 308 and pick up a submission form
then turn In stories poems creative essays
artwork and photos. The student-led liter
ary magazine will again award the Jack
Welch Fiction prize of $73 and $23 for the
best piece of fiction and the best creative
essay will also be honored.
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ttje locat people into getting
involved in the church and they
hope to plant the seeds and have the
church .follow up said Stcldlng.
"It h Very low key" Stelding
said. "Wet don't expect to baptize
people. Our goal Is to get the peo-
ple acquainted with the gospel
using English and to get them
acquainted with the church there."
Team members will live in homes
of members of the church and will
work with local missionaries. Each
team will have a theme party each
week with typical American
themes such as Texas Star Trek and
chocolate chip cookies.
The purpose of these parties Is
to draw in people from outside the
church according to Stelding.
Lets Start Talking was started
about 18 years ago by a missionary
couple and b designed to reach peo-
ple in areas that are hard to reach by
the missionaries Stelding said.
Each person raises $2800
throughout the year to go on the
trip and anyone who would like to
donate money may contact the
Missions Department.
For more information on this
program visit www.lst.org on the
World Wide Web.
stance both Vanhorn and Raphclt
said they dislike all the seemingly
unnecessary prcgame and post-
game coverage of the Super Bowl.
However when the game and all
the hype end Sunday night the(
overall significance of such an
event may still be in question said
Elizabeth Polizzi freshman biolo-
gy major from Fort Worth.
"Its fun to watch but once its
over thats it" she said. "It doesnT
affect my life."
and is offered during the spring
semesters.
The Social Deviance class is
required for sociology majors but
students with other majors may
take it as well. Several students arc
psychology and sociology majors.
One student Kyle Mulllns senior
from Dullard is a history major and
said he wanted to take the class
because he "wanted to learn about
what made me so deviant."
Tori Dismuke junior psycholo-
gy from Garland said she took the
social deviance class as an elective
for her major.
"The class Is challenging but its
not overwhelming" Dismuke said
This is Gotchers second semes-
ter teaching at ACU and he is the
only professor teaching the Social
Deviance class.
He also taught at Linsey Wilson
College in Columbia Ky such as
sociology and criminal justice and
was the director of the criminal
justice program.
looking for Intellectually gifted students
from Christian liberal arts colleges Interest-
ed in pursuing an academic career and
exploring the relationship between Chris-
tianity and scholarship. Students accepted
into the program will be brought to the
University of Notre Dame for three weeks
all expenses paid given three hours ol
upper-level credit and a $730 stipend. The
1999 Summer Seminars are for persons
who have completed at least three years of
undergraduate studies and will not begin
any graduate education before 2000 Appli-
cation request forms are available in Room
220 of the Administration Dldg. The appli-
cation deadline is March 13
Sfof Sff tickets n sale
The Sing Song ticket office located on
the north side of the Moody Coliseum con
course will be open Mondays through
Thursdays from noon-4 p m. and on Fri
days from noon-3 p.m.
To submit calendar Information e-mail
the Optimist at optimistWjmcacu.edu or
bring Information to Room 308 of the Dot.
Morris Center
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